... that impact on well-being. Design/methodology/approach A phenomenological approach was used to study the experiences of the principals. Eight primary school principals in New South Wales, Australia participated in semi-structured interviews that examined this area and identified aspects...

... principles is the core task of the contemporary principal. Originality/value Exploiting natural experiments in the provision of schooling makes it possible to argue for how schooling, and specifically the principalship, can be different. Principal Steiner Australia Principles Decision-making...

... these challenges. Design/methodology/approach The study reviews the recent literature on business and management education in Australia and compares that with emerging trends and policy directions. Findings This analysis of current and emerging trends suggests that business education needs to find...

...Scott Eacott; Amanda Freeborn Purpose School consolidation reforms are underway in regional New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The purpose of this paper is to establish an evidence base of research literature on school consolidation in regional, rural and remote locations. Design/methodology...

... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Australia Flipped classroom Undergraduate international students Presently, with the wave of technological innovations, Australian educational institutions are revolutionising teaching...

... on the broad skill attributes of cognitive, interpersonal, business and strategic skills. The correlation analysis and PCA also used the two distinctive gender categories. Australia Leadership Skills Education management Gender research Vocational education training Table II Correlations...

... Casico’s formula, this phase of the project asks: RQ1c: What is the return on school leadership preparation and development investment? © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Australia Education Leadership Preparation RODI University‐based programmes On a global scale...

... strategies for responding to those challenges. Second, it is raising the visibility of the university and its Business and Economics Faculty through conference attendance by LEAD members both inside Australia and abroad. Finally, it is inducting relative newcomers into the methods of research by offering...

...Paul Taylor; Glyn Mather; Elaine Evans; Dawn Cable Purpose With large numbers of overseas students enrolled in university accounting courses in Australia, there is a growing trend in the postgraduate accounting courses to approach the problem of language and communication difficulties by offering...

... Academic Programme. Design/methodology/approach A sample of mainland Chinese students enrolled in Curtin units were invited to complete a short survey on their perspectives of the study abroad programme. Findings The author's results suggest that preparation for study in Australia, in addition...

... domains and burnout dimensions. Design/methodology/approach The participants were 416 classroom teachers in 38 randomly selected high schools in New South Wales, Australia. Two established instruments, the Maslach Burnout Inventory, and the Teachers' Attribution of Responsibility for Stress Scale were...

... Limited 2010 Research Publications Career development Academic staff Australia Recently, Finnegan and Hyle (2009, p. 475) wrote of the stress that North American academics have encountered for the past two decades and linked this directly to the “continual ratcheting up...

... were collected from 356 staff members from Catholic primary schools in New South Wales, Australia. Research hypotheses were tested using multivariate analysis and comparison of means. Findings Age, gender and position are found to be related to three out of the four identified domains...

..., a static/cross‐sectional questionnaire‐based study on a convenience sample of public primary school principals in NSW, Australia, was used to collect data. Analysis included ANOVA and correlations. Findings Despite few statistically significant differences in the data set, there is evidence to suggest...

... cultural environments, that is, Malaysia and Australia. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected by questionnaire from middle managers in a total of 18 organisations in Malaysia and ten organisations in Australia. Individualism‐collectivism was measured using Singelis et al.'s 32‐item...

... college, brand awareness and the opinion of college brand are examined. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was conducted in metropolitan Sydney, Australia, and produced 501 questionnaires responses. A correlation study was used to analyse the relationship between variables of preference...

...‐anchored value orientations, which may be valuable to universities in their efforts to attract, retain and grow an ongoing relationship with students, especially international full‐fee paying students. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Culture Social values Business studies Australia...

... O'Meara can be contacted at: b.omeara@ballarat.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Senior management Higher education Recruitment Selection Australia The contemporary vice‐chancellor (VC) of an Australian university faces a greater range of externally and internally...

...David T. Gammage Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how the process of implementation of school‐based management (SBM) has worked within the public school systems in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and Victoria in Australia. The period covered was 1976‐2006. Design...

... in South Australia were surveyed, yielding a response rate of 65 percent. Findings Analysis indicated that cultural differences do have an impact on participant satisfaction with organisational and technological issues, with local respondents indicating significantly more positive perceptions than...